Athletics staff member shot at Oakland junior college in the city's second school shooting in 2 days

A elder subordinate of the athletics unit astatine a assemblage assemblage successful Oakland has been changeable connected campus

SAN FRANCISCO -- A elder subordinate of the athletics unit astatine a assemblage assemblage successful Oakland was changeable connected field Thursday, the 2nd clip successful 2 days the metropolis has had a shooting astatine a section school.

The Oakland Police Department said it is investigating the shooting that occurred conscionable earlier noon astatine Laney College, wherever officers arrived to find a antheral with gunshot wounds. The unfortunate was taken to a infirmary and his information is unknown.

Mark Johnson, spokesperson for the Peralta Community College District, said successful an email that a elder subordinate of Laney’s athletics unit was changeable connected field successful its tract house.

“The idiosyncratic was instantly transported to a section hospital, and we are keeping them—and their loved ones—in our hearts during this incredibly hard time,” Johnson said. “Out of respect for their privacy, we are not releasing their sanction astatine this moment.”

Authorities didn't instantly supply much details astir the shooting.

John Beam, the school's athletics manager and longtime shot coach, and the Laney Eagles were featured successful the 2020 play of the Netflix documentary bid “Last Chance U." The docuseries focused connected athletes astatine inferior colleges looking to crook their lives around.

Thursday's incidental came a time aft a pupil was changeable astatine Oakland's Skyline High School. The pupil is successful unchangeable condition. Police accidental they arrested 2 juveniles and recovered 2 firearms.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee said she was “heartbroken” by “the 2nd shooting connected an Oakland field successful 1 week.”

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